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WY Highway Patrol Trooper Injured In Crash Between Douglas And Wright

News – Sheridan Media On February 3, 2023, at approximately 6:40 p.m., a Douglas Trooper was parked on Wyoming State Highway 59 at milepost 46.5 with emergency lights activated, assisting multiple motorists who had left the roadway due to weather and road conditions.  A 53 ft. box trailer semi-truck was traveling northbound when the driver …

February 4, 2023

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Sheridan County High School Indoor Track and Field Results: February 3, 2023

News – Sheridan Media Gillette was once again the host site of the competition, but there were new teams to compete against. The Sheridan boys placed 4th out of 17 teams, while the girls were 5th. Click here to see results Sheridan Boys Results: Austin Akers placed 2nd in the 1600 meter run, the 4 …

February 4, 2023

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Wyoming State Flower Adopted February 1917

News – Sheridan Media The practice of choosing a flower to represent each state started in 1893 during the Chicago World Exposition. During the event, the group World’s Congress of Representative Women at the exposition’s “Women’s Building”, brought up the idea of creating a National Garland composed of flowers representing each state. Each of

February 4, 2023

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Council to Consider DDA Options and Adoption of County EOP

News – Sheridan Media A path forward for the Downtown Development Authority will be an item of consideration for the Sheridan City Council at their regularly scheduled business meeting Monday night. Sheridan Mayor Rich Bridger says there are four options that the City Council will be considering. Mayor Rich Bridger Adoption of the Sheridan County …

February 4, 2023

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Education Department Announces Retention and Recruitment Task Force Members

News – Sheridan Media The Wyoming Department of Education and the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board has announced its Retention and Recruitment Task Force. The mission of the task force will be to develop recommendations for state policymakers, district-level, and school-level staff to increase efforts to positively impact the education

February 4, 2023

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Barrasso, Lummis Challenge Biden Rule Politicizing Americans’ Retirement Savings

News – Sheridan Media U.S. Senator John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis joined U.S. Senator Mike Braun of Indiana and all of their Republican colleagues in challenging President Biden’s new rule politicizing the retirement savings of millions of Americans through Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval.  In November of 2022, President

February 4, 2023

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VOA to relocate housing outreach program

News – Sheridan Media Volunteers of America Northern Rockies (VOA) has announced the relocation of the Homeless Outreach Program in Sheridan.  The VOA has been providing homeless services to the Sheridan community for more than a decade. According to a recent release, since merging with Northern Wyoming Mental Health Center in September 2022, the VOA

February 3, 2023

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No need to be full time to qualify for YMCA Faith Scholarship 

News – Sheridan Media The Sheridan County YMCA is once again offering the Faith Scholarship.  Introduced in January of 2022, the Faith Scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship offered to any student of an institution of higher learning, including trade schools and certificate programs. While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Sheridan

February 3, 2023

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AARP Tax-Aide will open sites around Wyoming in early February

News – Sheridan Media The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program provides in-person and virtual tax assistance to anyone, free of charge, with a focus on taxpayers who are over 50 and have low to moderate income. Tax-Aide volunteers are located nationwide, and are trained and IRS-certified every year to make sure they know and understand the …

February 3, 2023

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Valentine Day Supper and Band Concert in Clearmont

News – Sheridan Media On Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14th at 6 p.m., there will be a special supper and band concert in Clearmont. The Arvada/Clearmont Junior/Senior High School’s very own Clear Creek Revival will perform live selections of music and the audience is invited to sing along. According to Gerry Chase, Clearmont Music teacher,

February 3, 2023

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